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   Representing the Black Female Subject in Western Art

   By Charmaine A. Nelson

   This book offers the first concentrated examination of the representation of the black female subject in Western art through the lenses of race/color and sex/gender. Charmaine A. Nelson poses critical questions about the contexts of production, the problems of representation, the pathways of...

   June 2010 | 978-0-415-87116-7 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Jewish Identities in American Feminist Art: Ghosts of Ethnicity

   By Lisa E. Bloom

   Featuring sixty-seven illustrations, and providing an important reckoning and visualization of the previously hidden Jewish 'ghosts' within US art, Jewish Identities in American Feminist Art addresses the veiled role of Jewishness in the understanding of feminist art in the...

   2006 | 978-0-415-23221-0 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Pregnant Pictures

   By Sandra Matthews, Laura Wexler

   In this dazzling collection of over 200 photos of pregnant women taken from art libraries, childbirth manuals, maternity ads, contemporary art, and personal albums, the authors explore the paradox between image and reality. The photos illuminate how society creates feminine roles through the...

   2000 | 978-0-415-92120-6 | Paperback (Routledge)

4. Double Exposures: The Practice of Cultural Analysis

   By Mieke Bal

   1996 | 978-0-415-91704-9 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   The Female Nude: Art, Obscenity and Sexuality

   By Lynda Nead

   Anyone who examines the history of Western art must be struck by the prevalence of images of the female body. More than any other subject, the female nude connotes `art'. The framed image of a female body, hung on the walls of an art gallery, is an icon of Western culture, a symbol of civilization...

   1992 | 978-0-415-02678-9 | Paperback (Routledge)